Draft Plan Bay Area 2040 Released; Public Invited to Comment Online or at Open Houses
The Association of Bay Area Governments (ABAG) and the Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) today released the Draft Plan Bay Area 2040. After two years of public discussion and technical work, the Draft Plan Bay Area 2040 is an updated long-range Regional Transportation Plan and Sustainable Communities Strategy for the nine-county San Francisco Bay Area. This document discusses how the Bay Area will grow over the next two decades and identifies transportation and land-use strategies to enable a more sustainable, equitable and economically vibrant future.
The effort grew out of the California Sustainable Communities and Climate Protection Act of 2008 (California Senate Bill 375, Steinberg), which requires each of the state’s 18 metropolitan areas – including the Bay Area – to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from cars and light trucks. Plan Bay Area 2040 is a limited and focused update of the region’s previous integrated transportation and land use plan, Plan Bay Area, adopted in 2013. View the draft Plan Bay Area 2040 at 2040.planbayarea.org
MTC and ABAG have scheduled open houses in each of the nine Bay Area counties for comment on the Draft Plan Bay Area 2040. Residents are encouraged to attend a workshop where they can view displays, ask questions and offer comments on these documents. The full list of open houses is as follows:
| County | Location | Date and Time |
| Alameda County Open House |
Fremont City Hall City Council Chambers 3300 Capitol Avenue Fremont |
Thursday, May 4 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
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| Contra Costa County Open House |
Embassy Suites Hotel Contra Costa Ballroom 1345 Treat Blvd. Walnut Creek |
Wednesday, May 10 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
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| Marin County Public Workshop and Open House |
Mill Valley Community Center 180 Camino Alto Mill Valley |
Saturday, May 20 8:30 a.m. Reg./ Open House 9 a.m. Presentation Open house continues until 1 p.m. |
| Napa County Open House |
Elks Lodge 2840 Soscol Avenue Napa |
Monday, May 15 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.
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| San Francisco Open House |
Bay Area Metro Center Yerba Buena Conf. Room 375 Beale Street San Francisco |
Wednesday, May 17 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
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| San Mateo County Open House |
Sequoia High School Multi-Purpose Room 1201 Brewster Avenue Redwood City |
Thursday, May 4 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
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| Santa Clara County Open House |
Marriott Hotel San Jose Ballroom IV-VI 301 South Market Street San Jose |
Monday, May 22 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
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| Solano County Open House |
Solano County Events Center 601 Texas Street Fairfield |
Monday, May 15 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.
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| Sonoma County Open House |
Finley Community Center 2060 W. College Ave. Santa Rosa |
Monday, May 22 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. |
Three public hearings also are opportunities for interested residents to comment on the Draft Plan and its Draft Environmental Impact Report (EIR) for Plan Bay Area 2040, which is slated for release on April 17, along with a Draft Transportation-Air Quality Conformity Analysis for Draft Plan Bay Area 2040 and Amended 2017 Transportation Improvement Program on May 1. The full list of public hearings is as follows:
| Public Hearing | Location | Date and Time |
| Public Hearing in San Jose |
Martin Luther King Library, Room 225 150 E. San Fernando Street San Jose, CA 95112 |
Tuesday, May 16 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. |
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Public Hearing in Vallejo
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Vallejo Naval and Historical Museum 734 Marin Street Vallejo |
Thursday May 18 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. |
| Public Hearing at Joint Planning/Adm. Committees in SF |
Bay Area Metro Center Board Room 375 Beale Street San Francisco |
Friday, May 12 9:40 a.m. |
Members of the public also are encouraged to view and comment on the draft plan online at 2040.planbayarea.org. Comments will be reviewed by officials from both agencies as they consider the adoption of the final Plan Bay Area 2040, slated for July 2017. Written comments will be accepted at the open houses; via mail to MTC Public Information, 375 Beale Street, Suite 800, San Francisco, CA, 94105; via fax to 415.536.9800; or via email to info@planbayarea.org.
The comment period for all documents will close on Thursday, June 1, 2017, at 4 p.m.
Questions? Visit www.PlanBayArea.org, email info@PlanBayArea.org, or call 415.778.6757.
Accessible Meetings
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